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?iW ad BesoonP "Ad iv" ltrady Uomlra& aIa VIELE, LA.P. Mangham, Prop.de ' eýas t .asd.. 0.3tUmst bste tek ae basM lit veiably n aIvanes. 1=Gonns omacsht oem e thtisg._ Tihegs ia e so If U a b orthe stmtee ate ty are re- Lm ar nba"emaM must be hanod ad adr .6.b before Fridayties r ey the Louisiana Pree. lsoea .eosinat- epto by the publishers ofOs' 4 Sespers In hbi Sta tn iaS it" s"hurtialye nts from advertsing?radt 4dArtlsaL one Inch. one tLme.ACL. 1oO. w sar . nos. 9no. IfHs,6 Moe o ne. illeis cks~ is 42 70 88u-DIM t of8er us sything es pthanelaoma tte orceotihes. 25 per cot. addedyesrly or quarterly advertlaer. fenthPoelitvely so reduetlop1 frm *h aboveratis for Cthe abeommodn of the. ab eCa sth ,a acomny every order unless..the . a a rt br e party.P eiiiiai Cards.STEPHEN FAULK,.Ataovzey-at ,saw.rAYVILLE, LA.U. P. W3LLU, T. N. RHYMES,Ddhi Rayville.WELLS & RHYMES,ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW.Rayville, Richland Parish, Louisiana.Dr. J. S. BEAZLEY offers his profesuional services to the citizens of Rayville. Can be found during the day atLDrug store, at night at his residence.J. E. PETERS,Grand Sreet,, - _ - - - - Monroe, La---DEALER INFURNITURE, SASH and DOORS,Window Shades, Children's Carriages,Wagons and Velocipedes.EMBALMER,-AND DEALN DIColhs,Colb'uia'sIetallchrl Cases,- ALSO DBALER IN -THE AMIC~IAN SEWING MACHINES.a Tav *dnas coans traym ervulle usoe'd not forge: that WILEY P. MANGHAY3,THOROUGH BUSINESS EDUCATION.The LouisvilleBUSINESS COLLEGE,Corner, No. 406 Third Street.BRYANT and STRATTON.Ml-Nlu PIrmanip, iar-U, 11.For Catalogue, address College as above.DR. J. S. BEAZLEY,a trge of Daug * .soe. Benn*d4tte St., Rayville, La.- DIALE IN -Xiul.lidnes, Ch~icals, PaIats, Oils, Pea, InksPaper, Envelopes, Fine Cigars and Tobacco.bltaacts, Perfumery, Etc.. EtcMakes the Weak Strongws ,V mammas .Impw"~~+- mum VS. -lov a lYlr rMWkrub. Ewa-U.WW a sl*Wu* rsap' riI I____ _ ___a k B caconSLIBERTAS ET NATALE SOLUMf.vO. XX.. RAYVILIAE, HICHLAND PARISH, IA,, DEC. 8, 188. - NUMBER 46.PATENTS'!CAVEATS, TRADE IARlSCOPYRIGHTSObtained andt ail other bnstness in the U. 8Patent Office attendedto for moderate fees.Our otli-, it opposite the U. S. Patent Ofl-oand we can obtain patent' In -les time thanthose remote from Watt:ingto,Sendt model or drawing. We advise as topatentabllity free of charre: and we make nocharge unless we obtain patent.We refi r here to Postmaster. theSuperintena!ent of Money OrderDivision and to oflicials ofthe U. iL Patent OtUic3. For ctrenlar, advlicterms and reference to aetual lit:nts in youaown state or county. write toC. A. SNOW & CO.,Opposite PATT Orr ac Washia3ton, D. C.ROBT.WHETSTONEATTORNEY-AT-LAW,POSTOFFICE - OAK RID6E. LA,Will practice in Richland and WeP.Carrol Parishes. Collections a specialty.DAVID TODD,ATTORNEY - AT - LAW.s ravier it., NewOrimsee, La.,Will attend every term of the Richland court. All letters about business)promptly answered.DR. L. LIDDELL tenders his professional services to the people of Rayvilland surrounding neighborhoid.The Doctor will be found at his office.formerly occupied by E. C. Montgom,.ry, on the northeast corner of thel .,t:i'thouse square, or at his residence inRhymes' addition to Rayville, on samtestreet, 800 yard south, unless professionIlay engaged.k h mum i - qprs . dia vewubei. ...fh.qm bwg elmadtar twr PsHm" amd beeMaM Mr ·pduV evilyma. Tr, It twrn gepaa."wbO I tot UMd5 inmis 1 bi tRW sylilaw amushaatwt: ainb le mybmal, d tan1m1, iu.Mst tftlr W I healS toaam a r w mm.d bl. kit ____ kida. rmymr. tinw i.º..ý s eaLHeltM and StrengthsA psy l mlssed ltsqjseemt.. suMShbs.mb.4 yam Nto etki ebt,. usmdau/Mh4lav w lsies. Os itewu ile ianspai-4s I bIm tok immune1 mmd I mdw~lbe. lw iUWd tor.lbaibeb U t=im -wý Orawale !. 1.4w M *~LYIL~· 3.mm qibe SDR. MACKENZIE'S FEES.Thill Great izse Made the Poorlyaid Goera Doctors Jealous ofthe seetehman.A man who is connected with the governmeat of the United States, and who spent alllast winter in Germany, talted to a NewYork Ss man a day or two rgo about thepersoal ebaracteristcls of Sir Mlorell Maekenale and Dr. von Bergmann, the rival physietlan of the Emperor Frederclk."I know Mackenzie and Bergmnna well,"be said. "I have been Interested in the controversy on that account. Mackenzie is aspare, shrewd, Pawky. and thrifty Scotchman. His manner Is decidedly Irofessional.By this I mean he has a more or less stereotyped smile, speaks with great exactness, anddisplays a studied air of urbanity. When hewent to Berlin the German doctors took atremendous dislike to him for a reasonswhleb, I believe, has not thus far beenprinted-the amount of his fee for attendingthe emperor. The charges of the Germandoctors are exceedingly moderate. Mlen likeHlovel, Hartmann, Sweininger, and Krotnecharge from 3 to t mrks a Wielt. It a totalstraoner shonud walk into any of their officeshe would receive the best of treatment at thecommand of the physician, End when hestarted to to the fee would probably be lessthan $1. Men of similar fame in the UnitedStates unhesitatingly charge from S1it ti 1.10a visit. In England the regulation feeis f guineas, or $10, for the tirst visit. and 1guinea for each succeeding ',;;. This is thefee received by men Ike ('umberlach, Cameron, and others. When lMackernziewent to attend the Emperor at Ciharlottenburg hle placed before the powersthat managed the finane!al affairs of the Imperial bouselho:d a schedule of his regul rearnings in London. lie stated that ttie feefrom the emperor ought at least to counter.balance the sum that he was loeing in London.These figures of Mackenzie's were sulLequent.ly endoreed, and he received an enormoussalary, coanslderably ovr 81,1)5) a dar at thestart, and nearly LO00) toward the end of theemperor's illness An facone of l1,J0) a dayto a German physician is a dream I-evond thewildest fancy of avarice, and, when they sawthat an Englishman was tceiving more thanall the German doctors put together, theeomnmeretal spirit of the kaiser's ieople wasaroused In antagonism to the shrewd alien.A great deal of secrecy was alays maintained about the remuneration of Sir MoreifMackenzie, but the facts leaked out nevertheless. It may bhae been true that ifackenale's setvlees were worth in the neighborhoodof 1,500 a day, but the Germans did notthink so. I have o:t.a been at Mackenzie'shouse. near Cavendish equare, In London,and I do not doubt that his income must beclose to $100,000 a year from lis practice inthe British metropolis. The house is literallycrowded with people from the monent hisoMee hours begin until they close."Contrast with the sp!endil opulence ofMaekenzie.the surroundings of the Germandoctors. We will take Vot Cergmann. as heis the most eminent of them all-Las beensurgeon In-chief of the army, and charges asmuch as any of the crack German doctors, lielives in a floor or fiat overlooking thecanal inthe Wilhelm atrasse in Berlin. lie h:.s ashort, bull seek, square houlders, a heavr,dark-beardad face,uetnllnr birows,and a thicket, balky frame. His skill is unquest:oned,ad so is his roughness. Probably the manfancies that he has a military manner, but Inpoint of fact be is esceedlng brusque andrude at times."I shall never forget the first time I calledon Bergmann. I had sent him letters of lntroduction and received a curt note in replvto come around a Ibhe following day. A 'sanservant ushered me Into the reeeUtion-room,where a woman lay mosaning on a sofa, withher husband or escort standlIn over her andtrylng to soothe her by words of affection.The woman had received a grievious Injuryof some ort, Her arm was n a sling andbandaged almost to the shoulder. Her facehad been cut and was liberally decorated withcourt plaster. Both she and the man erl-"coustantly-she from suffering, he '-t -nathy. Dr. Von Bergmsn o;.d th do "or I should have s im Prolflergman,fo the Gers are -eeedingly touchy abouttheir '', ad that of professor is more ex.ated than doctor-and beckoned me to cometo his roo. I pointed to the crring womanon the sofa, sia said that I would wait untilbe bed treated her. as she apppeared to be inasony. Ho jerked his head peremptorily andd to the comnaullnag-room, and I walkedis had been bddea. Then he beckonedto the woman, sad the man assisted her intothe room. he was a most pitiful sight Thedoctor glare at her in a surle manner, and"What have you been doingl""The woman wee mosalnng and paid no attestioa to his question: but the man said tbhasthhe bad falle asleep the ight before, afterfortyeight hours of waefulnee, sad, Inturning, ha wrenched the bandares loosefrom lr ar He asked Von Bergmann towrap the arm we agapt, but the doctor threwopen the door sad waved them out.S"'Take her to the hospital,' be said, 'andhave emn of th stndtas do it; I have no timea6w to practes the A BC of surgery.'"The smes id It would be too late at thehospital, a then Berlmuan told blm to waitaut the nat day, sad lammed the door ntohi dfee. It ws a meat eauel and hertlesr dgf skilled _urgea like Bergtanaoa hve maaedte matter In afew manatae I soono a, however, that haamea m ame or less assamed, sad we be.eam well ae·q·lted within the mext week ortue DurLa that time ad througchout myrso snt ayl irtn ir the German doctortILns wthL the tmmt freedm about thegoings-en a the ae i Chrlottnhur,ad humd a al feresy at every ogporTHE GERMAN KAISER.Will William the Seead ('oame toI let E  D ert a ea thre (aeerThe lIdaen earreapedest of thL Phladelpda Stlgsph ags: Tour Germu almltarym aa in grets aeltement ad -es toimage that thk youn emeror kIaigslmg to ed them a to glry a very shortatila. Ulertuastely for tthem, ad for maatnd at ilage, the real trth is not published.We ae made to ballove that everywher ther amsr Wilem dietLngatm e hiLmhMuiesf a great ad powerfulf m t eelved wtrh amanimousI S lue l not the ease. Undoubtedlyn th tempaer hI lsply eartalaqualistes; bas given proof ot somekingL he ad asm aptitude fo work.ah lon will thiehlet Weare toldofhis rea bat we do not led mesten the omin eotto-weol pad that Illbeans to eepthe er ar r away fom tuelnras tht nw momest may erfet hisbrain. Then ther r e the rseklng Ueursigieaets that bep him awake all night andiahe him et ap at untold obeurs i theOauc occasions he seeks to5bqet b· e  ob making surprise visitsIo resmdl i hier he dosenot falH to vestse IN homer enseed b n en sayone whomhe 1S  l feei Tbea are the treaks ofao ias Who shall meesrethe potlit qae of ech sltcess WhVo dhalliay bee tsLe asou life ay bhe cut offlad thea what will, what ca, happen?Where 8e Got Thbe.The mLatellr' wSe st on the front porchIMtdling the clothes of oe of the numerousprageny. A selher pomar stoppd in fora selsI eth A lare workhekat hairD fullof btteusat ea the oor ofd poracb. Aftar varos remarke of a oemipy nature, theviltor sid: "Yin seem to be well suopiedut bute Mrs. eo4masn." "Yea verywaell , "My aciouml I if there anlu'ttwo ofte siae khtmas my husband had oshIdst wintaerealt. Pd know'em anywhere.""Inee " sai the miister's ife, ealmly."I em srpre to her It asil hite butteeswere letd tn the eoatrihbntou as. So Iteaght b t n wet put them to omeums aoI-wht) must e lso Wet be sureiseati a ll --ss rFnt 4Li4,,cMR. PIERCE'S SACKVILLE.A Notable Precedent for Prestdent Aa lewelIand' ActtoanOn May 29, 19e, President Pierce addressed to the senate and house of representatives the following letter: n!" To the Senate and Ilouse of Representatirel: aI have eeaedst to hold intercourse with the en- Fvov extraordinary and minister plenlpotenti- hary of her majesty the queen of Great Britain dand Ireland near this government. In makingcommunication of this fact it has been deemed proper by me to lar before the congres Ithe considerations of Indispensible public Nduty which have led to the adoption of a armeasure of so much Importance. Theyappear in the documents herewith transmitted to both houses. FRANKLIN PIERCsL P"Washington, u:'th of May, 1SA" ' aIMr. Crampton, the British envoy in ques bition, had been guilty of a grave breach of Itdiplomatic etiquet and an offense against th. ofsovereignty of the United States as a neutral wpower, by taklnt part In the enlistment of a'Ameican citizens in the forelgn iegion of the atdBritish annr for service against lRulssia in tlthe Crimean war. It 1i t"ue that the actual hienlistment too! place on Canadian territory, 1"but It was clearly shown that both .!r. tiCrampton and his consuls lhad prat!cipated itIn the matter by flonnecl.lly assistiin itmen to journey to the lDominiou for the pur- tIpose. isOn )ee. 19i, iecretary of State Mejrry ad Iryilicsed a cmtaunleation to the British gov- Perunent demanding the recall 9f .Mr. Crasrnp-. t:o ,, iae grounu. that by his conduct he ithad placed himself in such a position as to ticunacceptable to the American g,verunm.ntand people. Lord Ciarenddon, the Britishforeign minifser, delayed his answer unatil atApril ra, 185. allhen lie replied ln a letter Icontaining a full, unlreserved. and ul:;ulasl tied disclaimer of all Intenldel olene ,,n the tiipart of the British government and erclres- 111ing the conviction of the latter that Slr. di(rampton had no desire or turpo to coat i t,mit ahy disrespect to the soverelgnat of thetUnited States. While conciliatory in tone. oIhowever, the dispatch contalued no restsr,,'eto the reouest of thie t'ited States calitict 0cfor the recall of Mr. C'rampton, and at the risame time the Engilsh press referred to ti,American demands as "An electioneerflg gtrck," "A bhi for the presidener," "Mann i'facturing political capital," etc. alAccordingly P'resident Pierce, feellong that qthe self-respect of every American cit'Zn, tlrequired that the original demand of theUnited States should be carried into exeel- ' Ctlon, caused the secretary of state to forward athis passports to Mr. Craampton, and to inform fthim that the government would hold no lur- a'ther relations with him. Minister Buhebanaa a hwas at the same time directed to inform the aiBritish cabinet of this decision, which was runiversally approved by men of all shades of Ipolitical opinion in tals country. D)plomatic atrelations at Washington between the two alcountries were not resumed until twe.tve timonths later, when Lord Napier arrived to: titake charge of the legatio. It should be ftadded that the Unllited State government, ijwhile inslst.nt on the fact that Mr. Crantpton ,gwas unacceptable as envoy, expressly delar- sied that there were no imputations on him as cia gentleman. ftIt may be of lnterest to add that only a few ayears previously Sp;ain had occasion to act In cta similar maner toward a British ambassa-.dor. Sir Bulwer Lytton, the envoy at Madrid, Ghad received lunatructios from Lord Palmer- .ston, the English foreign secretary, privately oato advise Qteen Isabella's government to amstrengthen the administration by calling menbelongingr to the liberal party to Its councils. atThe Spantish government was exceedingly pindtgnant at such a piece of interference, anI etaddressed the following note to Sir Bulwer "Lytton: a"For reasons which the loyalty of the Brit- fsh Ipeople and its goverament can not other- Vwise that appreciate at their true value, her isCatholle mejsth's government has resolved i hto put an end to all these fatal contingencies Iby transmittlng on your peasports sad re- caquesting you within the term of forty-eight wn;;es or sooner it possible, to quit this capi- ttal,for circumstances urgeat,and there would s4be much to lament if It were ton late." iiSir Bulwer Lytton left immediately. DI- toplomatic relations were suspended for twelve amonths and then were resumed as if nothing *Ihad happened, a new envoy being apootnted. I ItThis is not the irst occasion on which Iord 'ISeaeville has got into a scrape. In March, "1871, being at the time secretary of the Brit- o,ish embassy at Paris and charge des archives, ahe got scared by the outbreak of the com- 1muae and bolted from the city, leaving the ciarchives to take care of themselves. Within ta couple of dare his place was taken by Mr. al(now 81r Edward) Malet, his subordinate in arank, who remained In charge of the embassy I!throughout the whole of the commune. For rhis courage and plue'c on this oceaselon Mr. c,Malet received the order of the Bath and has isince been promoted over the heal of his bsenior Lord Sekvlle, to the rank of am- ahasdaor at Berlin. Lord Seckville was with- dIn an see of being forced to leave the diplo- e;matte service at the time for bhis conduct ifn IIdesertlag his post, and was onlr saved from adisYrace by his relationship to Lord Derby, awhose brother-in-law he s.aCHINESE QUARRELS. PThe Truly Oriental PertoramaneeVilets the CelesUtoa ('nil blatntg Inam Uproar.Among a pooulatloa of such uneamplled adeansity, where families of great slat arecrowded together-three or four generatios,with all the wives and chtildrena uander one rroof-ocasions for quarrel are all prevaslve,says the 'irA (.Ains ershl. Tbhe son'wives and children are prollc sources of idomestle uapleasatesa. Each wife strlves Ito make her bushead feel that In the eom- tmaty of property hle is the one who is'tworted; the elder wife tyraen:sea over theyeanger ones, and the latter rebel. The is. ,etsalet of the western with a grrievance is to IIa"t It redressaed stralzht-way; that of the lorietal it, Irst of all, to let the world at 4Slargre kow that he has a grireernace. ACihasman who has heen wronged will go upae the street and rent at the top of has voirce.The ar t ofhalloo , as it is called ia Chiesa, is les elev esociated with that of revil IIar, and the Chi'mose women are such adeptisli both as to justify the aphortism that whatthey hLrave lest i their feet they hay' gainelin their toegres. Much of th!s abusive langa is regarded as a sort of slp II or ctrse. *A man who has had the heads removed from ,hts field of miliet stands at the entrane ,of the alley which leads to his dwelling and epans forth rvoulrs of atuse upon the ausmows offnader. This has a double valueirst, as a mesas of tiomtIfan to the ualic hisloss and his eonsequerl fury, thus freeinag bismind; and, secondly, as a isropbylaetic tea -lan to 'eanre him arainrt the renetitIon oftl e ofaasc. Women nladulge t this ractlee Iof "revilinsgon the stIret"lroan the st roos ol othe hlie, asd abrtek away for bosri at itime natil their otecs fal Abase delivered *I thi's way attracts ilttle or no attention, andoe sometImes canes on a man or a woman athus acreeckfol themrselves red in the face,with not an auditor in silht. if the dray is aIlot oe the rtvier bawls as loan as he (orshe) has treastl, tihen proceeds to refresh lllimtself witl a season of fanniln, sad afterwardsl returns to the attack with renewed-urv. A Sght ia which only two parties cre Icoancered usually rsolves Itself Iato merehair-pullling; the combatants, whea separtel Iby ihKi friends, aboot bek to acht otier Imaledlertols and deflance. The qaaarrel lctween Luaiau cld Jaeob, recorded In thethlrty-frst chapter ol GenesIl, when the lIt- tter stole away frot Laba's bhouse, is atphotographicallv aceurate aeeoant af thecall makinOr an uTprioar.Must rTak it a It come. iElla Wheeler Wileox wants more lives inwhich to tore this world. But Ella must he 1imotntet. O Ur eats are permanitted ye thtan 1ae life. at;ad it would le well Iaf th eceetatrIn to lbe ia:l- cOhi Ie s!-oIirhed.--i ,;-.s.i, L ur;,.J.' f..-/ a'.THE EMPEROR NERO. .A Stone Unearthed on Whlch 1. 1i- Iacritbed a Speeld by the onl of aAgrippfln.M. llolle::ux, formerly of the Frencth rcho,Iof Athens and now engaged in the nor,i of nantiquarian exploration in Icotla for the tFrench government, is decidedly in luck. liehas, so the Paris correspondent of the London Tr'rir, r;l sats. unearthed a stone fl'ritthe sanctuary of A:ollo Ptoios, on whichlis Inscribed, lihe tells us, "a genuine speech ofNero's." That is to sat, it appears to tie therecord, not of any oflicial or state utterance.composed f,,r the emperor by a secre tary or a dprofessional rhetorician, but a real "neat and dplcropriate" address, delivered, so far as canbe juldged from internal evidence, ex temnpore, iprobably on the occasion of the grant itof liberty to the (Greeks. We know that to award the end of his rei.n this extraord!unaryaut.crat, sat:atel with his triumphs on thedomestic- stage, set outt on a "starring tour" gthroungi the cht:ef cities of Greece, and that ohe is raid to Ihave received no fewer *han1.%11l croanu for his victories in the public btireca;n ganme. It would at this distance of Stime be ungracious to assert sad obviouslyimpossible to prove that the judges by whomthese honors were awarded displayed favoritism. Nevertheless, it is certain that Nero Tmnust have entered the lists against other cotmpetitors, whether In the arts of poetry, ofImusic, or of elocution, with several points tothe ood. aLet but a lord once own the happy line, dHlow the wit sparkles and the sense reines! n"Ihese adv ntages of the verse making lord eare likely ti, manifest themselves in -a *q-, aInacred form when the bard, the reciter. or hthe usiclan al s the master of the world. Ilow rmany of the 1.bU0 crowns went to Nero by adesert, and how many went, as kissing is said 11to, tIv favor, posterity has never yet had an aolppirtunity of ludgine. That he greatly is"fantled himsell" as a man of all round ac- alcomplshmuent Is certain. Ills passion for the dpp:ause of others was of a piece with hisgood opinion of himself, and in his dying oejaculation the sentiment of personal vanity italmost touches that heroic point at which it aquaclfles ridicule with admiration. One ith!ulks of the weak and timid voluptuary cow- atern-g away un h.s biding-place from the pur- osuseants of the senate charged with the order dfor his execution, and cravinr the charity of Zan :.ttcudaut's dagger in his inabsility to drive iIhis own--oe thilkis. we say, of thul forlorn IIand hunted caitiff roused by a last stir of his iirult u pasi,sn of self-esteem to the exclanm::- atloi, "-'alis artifcx l.ereo!"-"Wbat en nartist per.ches with me!"-and some feel that aat least there was sonme human touch about kthe tyrant to remind us of a kinship that Fthere would otherwise be excuse enough for wforcettJig. It Ht. 1i1lleaux is right in his hjudgment upon his lucky lind, the world will tiget a taste of Nero's artistic quality at last: aand. acrording to the behtcl of the learned ex- ucavator, it will be a favorable taste, for the tjfragments of oratory found on the stone are t4couched, be says, in "strong, sonorous, and tiSmml-hatle Grecit."It il be ststblingr to know that Nero's pGreek was good, whatever may be said of his riheart. That ho could lidlle or rather play aon the lyre-for that was probably the real pnature of a certain historic or paeud.-historle performance-we knew, already: gand we knew, too that with that hpower of self abstraction which distinguish. ees the true artist he proved himself able to q"ublige" on that occasion under cireuma auces which other musicians woald have hfound, to use the mildest term, distracting. dYet, though it seems a pity to throw doubt aon so picturesque a story, and thereby per- aShps to deprive the modern orator of one of hhis best worn classical allusions, it is onlycommon fa:roes to the memory of a ruser owho has plenty of better authenticated slon sto answer for to admit that there is not a tcinutills of evidence worthy of the name for rthe well-known story that Nero ascended a stoser during the great ire at Rome and eardused himself by singing to a lyre aecom- Ipansttient a little thing of his own eopoo hisI iton entitled "The Destruction of 'roy." oThe fab e was a mere embelshbment on what Dwas in all probabability the equally slander- jits accusatlon that the Are itself was his own bwork. Af. that Is known of Nero's conducton this oceanson goes to suggest that the 11charle is sabo:ntel" baseless. lie acted in tpthe temergens y will the greatest liberality eantd kniness , aunlyla the distressed eity 1tit provis onse a a very moderate opre., et!,r,wimur open t.e Imperial gardens to therl tffrers and erecting buldiars for their aectliimeilation. It was whispered, of course, fby the Romans, and stUIl more Industriou.iy t1by the Christian goes pI of the day, that iial this was only the Vicar's ,dianolical canning, that he wish- 11edt to divert suspicion, and to ix i,it upnon the humble and suppressed sect I'rn!nat whom tie was about to launch a ter- Itriile persecution. No authority, however, of I1st.y real ne!ght can be cited nl support of I,this p cre of scand-al. Tacitus gives the emat ror the benefit of a verdict of "Not proven," 'tand the judgment of the great historian on'u::'ml a mater isof the utmoet poasieblwelhtuetonius.o it it is true, deselrs that Nero was pi guity; but tuetoulus would say anything. It pwoidil4 as resconable to seeea t the verdict:f a Ieb royalist phamphleteer on ehargeI agalnst lbesplerre as to believe the convict- tIm4 calonmutator of Tiberius when he bolsters c)up an accusation against one of that emper- .or's sucesa.r ()u the whole, It seems asreasonable as it is charitable to believe thatNe'o liad no hand in the lrlin of Rome, andthat he certainlr never exhibited his vocal oSanid Instrumenettal po er s as a muIsin on tlheoccasulon. The account agalinst him 1is quite oSheavy enouach without swellisn it with #etitious erimes It must be admitted, we fear, athat he killed his mother, wh howiever, waslargey itf nIot wholly responasible for his pervertered education, and that be Iat to death qiis adopted ason; and, thoubgh It i not c o-1lutels eertlain th t his wife Poppea died from cthe etreets of a kifek from her brutal husbad.there Is too much reason to fear that thlicharrge is not withoUt foundation. Crimes ofIhl_ kind, though they could, of eourse, bemptibed in the records of many another despot both to tbe eastern sad wester a orldswould be quite sumletet to justify imprtial ithistory a brandling the memory of their ao- athor.Yet it may fairly be doubted whether im- aartil hbtorr bars had to do much with ix- elathe place to whleh Nero bas been conte by toeteritr. 'Tbe name of the ruler rwho was by sature probably rather weak thanIwiked, and who ever, n his worst excesses,equaled either the eaprineou eruelty of Calig.ua or the oulle ferocity of Domitian, has Ibecome a br-word for berbnrlty and disintes- aeared love ot torture. No on ever thf uk, ofusing the anme of either of the two last-me- Itioned emperors as a sanonym for these propensities It is Nero alone who bhas beeometroverbial. There ean hardly be a doubt thatthin ae sjustl The son of Agrippis war,from all that eas be a athered, a youth of tolerably harmless, If not posltlely virtuous,tendehe when he, at the early pe of 17,sueeded to the imperial purple. Even ntthaIt time hi virago of a mother hetself Ithe murdere s her bhslad, dis her t- Imost to urge the yon emperor to sets of Ivioleace ad bloodshed, ad it is certailly to tthe redit of lhies astral disposition that heeferreed thelt and wise comnsl  S of Hes-a to brs doring the earlier years of hisbignb. His gfradual demoralisation, so far asIt war not due to maternta misog latnce, ts Ito be trseed alImot wholly to that maost terri. tbie of ail debasing ialuenees, the poeseslionof absolute power. If crimes like tbhose fthe Cesers are rare In history it is becausethe pesesae of omnalpoteet plower-la realIty, that isto say, and not merely II nun.-- -has aIno been rire in that part of the wotldiwith which western history it oneerned,'l There have been many so-called absoluterulers whose will has been morestrictly limited by "reasons of state.by the Iluhenee of tiowerful caste, ibv Ibte terrors of religion, by tue mandate o,lotmg-stladiag tradition, than that of costs:tutional monarlhs themselves. The ec-r Iyears of the Rotnan enmpirt supplr us with Iilmost the fr exs-sipe mn a i.r -at seale C IIaan uincheeke I an-I un-1:aii.,l srretc :te. INo tratlit'on if it; i t iain mt'e, ito buIll.ut.iumaxim of ,t terra!'. hiI htid toltn to eistabI slh lhte m'.t iv -. 1). c:aa 'i 1-l" t auo-erl tol s1tal ; C.titer :"r, -s j!:ti',i . tand by le rs of IV yl trifle. Ithl 1: oian n:tilit tad., fr a:)tI:i!. I :" : - r i,:hted atout l, h tii fro.m histtr,:ne -n th i 'tuli t- over ail th l 1~at and i.vy , - , h 1  n, ,seta t. " I"h. , ill. :,r intxsetatius a u, of .," e tr i.:l tO, t.'r len held totdorital t S !,: , r c si ,. tI . it ot t io i.:!m r:.''il :. t It a lr i :t «.:;er I.,Jul its beads 1entrirte.h I to l!,e ii ;,p-, I .t' l :- i tio unet' muatddenedt vit Iit, dLt  t . t , , ný rthre undouiteto t- ar v e ti . Ir.. n N.' -.' ibut he 1drank ni de'!t-it r t!ta ote at L-.-it if his pre 11deceso,trs ai il tullr lif i('Ii turetsOr; norWai thie frit-ri of t, r.i:lue whicti overtamiehim :it uil. ictr than, it tv- n it wias as it il, has tl eirs. it was in all Ir .ish. ity to tlhuo,,contrasts of tem;w-ramenit. It that tla'h of artand at.lrAgely, ii foci in..lr- hintn more interestng to lithe nIJ': than ait, one ti xert the Igreat Iottuder of the empitre ti"-Uself, that he Cowes tIlhe Iet.enr a1id sblrngetr ittllreeionwhich his vices aid crueltieis iprodJter.l uitxionhis colntemrnporaries amti which Ie:; cI toiraiste itim to the "ibad eCW. elncL" on which he nstands.A WONDERFUL OLD WOMANDytng at 1.1J3 After irlnkling Tnmssnand 'tloKtutg Tlobacco for I tmYears.Stlv:a Itubt"s, the famnotus negress. In ,ead Oat iast, savs the 'bhiladelpihia 7;,ts. 1hcrdeath was r, -prted laIst s.ring, bci-ause tbenews that came ir;rt ',,urland mountain,where S.lvia lived, was It, th*I" a!Tet that thecancient negresa had d el during the blitzzard, ahatin trCrlehed in the sttirm. This wits aInistake. ShLe str-lvl Ilthe great snow-<torm cland lived thruot=h the spring and summer. elBut that tremendous vitality that carried thewoman through a century anud a quarter of ex- 1satence began liritng out and a few days age Ishe died. She had just passed her 123th birth.day, alhere is no ,doubt Sylvia Dubois was not CIonly the oldest woman, but the oldest personin AmrnrLa. lier toem:orr and the records (she had at hand trouci, this fact. The story aof her life in detail has been published several times. St!e was torn in Hunterdon countyon the very ranle e, h;dlla where she evidently adied. She was the slave of a man namedDltuitse. andi kelt that name all her life. ite ithad a tut.?er of bhildren, but they were allllexit smate. V i ;. a mere child she wastaken by her hmaster to Great lSed. Pa., where pshite wa reared. The tales of her protess aremany. Sthe was a tibhter all tier younger day,and. in fart. tint I site was 1t10 years old. Sheknocked (rult crery ltKgilist she eucountered.Fromt tih., lite site was !3 years of age sthewas a h ., ! !rliker, brandy beina her favoritebeverace-. I tlltor never seemed to affect her.She alw.. ::tl the brandy the drank pre-. Sserved her. It is certain slta was never sickuntil a few months previous to hier death. Atthe tavern at (;reat lend, of which her Iaster was the lanl:or'd, she was a great attrac- *ttion owing to htir tremendous strength and atfeats of ctdurauca end daring. the was asprofane as she was powerlul, and her bhIgraphv, which she dedicated some years ago toa school teacher in thls'sa:te and which was oipublished litterasly, abounded with oaths. pWhen she was atbout ti5 years of age shegot angry at her mistress and nearly killedher. Before she could be c iught she snatch- eed up her habyi and rowed across the Sus- 11qllehanut and ran Into the woods. There atshe accomplished what few womealnn historyhave ever attempted. She made her wayday and niglt down throuth Pennsylvania aant utjiper New .ersey. caring for the child 11all the way until she tot back to her old ithome in Sourland n:.untain. Her mistressrecovered, but no attempt was made to arrestor capture Sylv.a. On Sourlanil mountain ashe butlt a hut, where she spent the last century of her ex steuce. She had, as alresadrelated, a nmbter of childr- n, but onlJy the Cyoungest survivwtl. Site ivted with her mother no to the day of her death. 1ler name is oElizalbeth, anti she Is over 5, years old. Sheis her mother over aganl. Tlhere Is not a manon the mountanns that can whip her. ifer 0vuirilitlc feats are namost as numerous asht r mother's, but she never made such abusiness of grizv-tiubtlnir,In the Iltt!e bnt on S-,urlandl Sylvia livedthrou:rh all the stormy winters. She learned ato read a little and her daughter got enough ceducation toenable her to read tober mother.They were al wsys 1 or, but managed to begenough to keep them coumfortatle. Tales ayear the mother and daughter would tramp fdown the noutntain and snake a tour of the afarming et,ntry wbelw. Everytodyv avethem so .ethlig. Tihe two women would loadthemselves down with provisions. eoal, andclothing and then climb the monuatal withtheir bnrdens. 8ilvla always asked for aewst.spers and hooks, and there were few womenubetter posted on the events of the day. ThisIons and tUiresome train i never seemed to Tinjure the old woman. he took herlast trip alast lsprint.Sylvia never made but two public exhbliIhitons of herself She was a witness In amurder trial at Fl"-mttilton anumber of years digo, and hier optiloans of lawyers, eoerts, andpeop!e rener:lly grow'ng out of her cxperienre li rour. were given n her b!tra*phv. They were decidedly sensational andemphatic. Her seconl appearance was atthe state fair at Waverir a tear stco She re- Iee:vei monerv enougl fte sitting In a tet forfour dars to lst her until death. 11er etvsight grew pour towarl the end, but hertensaue was as sharp and her memory as keenas ever. If onte culhl stand the string ofoaths that were sart of her conversattlon, theSacrnedotes that sIe gave and her reeolleetloNsof past events were decid.dly Interestlg. Iy:via l)ubol!s drank hard oand smoked astronl g lie ell iler life retty nearly. SiheSsaidhe was beitter for both rum sad tobaeao.ELhe Iad n o reclitioo to spealk of, and was uanquestionably one of the oddest and mnat 1lnIoterestlng charscters that the nlaeteentbcentury has lroIdued.The Youthful King of Spein.An American who has just retorned frontSpala brlngs some Interastln gosesip concerntug the infant king of that eountry. Itseems that h's miniature majesty has butone great passion, a blch is, strangelyenough, bo!ogna sausage. Whenever besees thls uaromantle edible he can hardly berestrained. 8 retchlinrl forth his baby bandta an imperious war he exclaims: .His majIsty wishes it." But his minister of the ain.teror takes care that hibls majesty doesn't getSIt. Afonso Is extremnely JeaIlous of his moth.Ser, satl whencver they appear in public ItI makes him angry to have the people applaud.her.· Detruction of Georgia Forestls.If the lawmakers of GeorgLa are wise theywill take steps to stop the rapid destructlonof the pine fIrests of the state. It Is estlimated tlat frotn st) to 4)) square miles oftImber land are cleared every year. The Atlanta Lumber eqmpany has 40.,0U, and Is cutSting IB,:0) a tdlay. Blnce the monuatains toSthe southwest of Rome have been elearedlSfloods have become very common ia that partSof the state, and the rsphl rtse of water hasSeaused great damnage. It is the old story,Sand whaben (;eor; a s strI:ppled of its trees theSgovernmtnent a;1 1t. cal;ed upon to replantthe foreas.-.4t ,,:tt i 5.o:rrind u.c.S A mtesloarr whbo se:ttle in the Province of ISa(bo(hu, central Chlna, and isited theI great Ituddhtist leak. Mount O(mel, deseribesthe teup:ca as. stili showing many weoderfulSworks of art, ,totwithstsnding eoolnflstratlos,l devastattis wars and rebellios. Near thefoot if the mliuntean is a ptagoda of broeze,t hirty feet Ii;l,. In lftena lstories, covereadwlth an intmenee numlber of lstlres dellateSly east. (jf filtture of lluddhla tbher are nob les than 4,;:t'. mu te of wlllc have beeaSImUtilated IV Coiectc r, f rei,:s.CURRENT EVENT..r. l.i ,r, of Lincoln, NCb., is dilgttliI,. "f: t ,t c:i... i:.!t'e thread sixty miles laeg onlyn -I ' . m loini.I: ,nots $1.t:.cor, per annum 4t keep the: r',c; - of parts clean.SI:;, f trh l-al:n.C Anarchists ina t. loauii I:leI1 I .: il rahb!cr.Nearly ,,,toh) wen haer- been naturalized ilN..w York ctyv tbis year.A Itrchster paper speaks of a tramp lookIIn, a~ .ee .ly , a watermelon.A Lradltiother only twentydtve years ofa.e I- the bief curio in lancock, Ind..: . .n.lon tilcer cannot marry an Amerntcrl :u ,:uan without lisanarcl's consent.: , i. :anrry crop, in Deer Isle, Me, is sotSit.:f tie ust.a. l ylc:d. Early frost was the.', ,.' 1 i el.or says thait he rather likes ac., I,!l., tut he objects when it becomesi r the Law no political parade can beIc, I in l'h :..clDhia durilng the week pro.I , n*4 In all election.0 'Tee rlu:.hr,'l and large f..rr i of southerne ( alifcrn!a :.re slowly but ete..Jily being cuatun into smalli farms.I ;-.werd otf ),UI children are reported toStarve I. LI from measles in hantlago (Chill, ini.. ti*an to monllths.I :,,nItrant sa:ces' has been obtalaed inI, :et cultivatiott in Siberila, In the elevatedSt ,rtliu:s of the country.lore than 'itO old coins and medals haveSI.eln sttlen from the French museam ate Cuarthae, North Africa.S Tihe lot I decrease In the public debt of thet hnited $tat-s since the opening of the curSrent ;ear is N. i,ti.A total of , ;l miulles of new road has beesndde!d to the railroad system of the UnitedStates thls year thus far.The ccrn crop is so poor In Leandoa, N. I.,and vialnity that farmers are already byladg,rnin to fecd tl.eir cattle.An intrrestlin ancient canoe, hollowedo ilu by lmeans of red-hot stones, has bees'r fund in south central Norway.r fil. Manltolbawieat crop is estimated bythe recretary of the Winnipeg Boardof Tiadeat S thu.ik tQ 10, O.,O00i bnahels.A Vermont citizen who started out to norSebh. se a wedding suit got drunk Instead, aadr. on returninu home committed sucllde.,c A South Windham, Meo, mia attributes ther. ;ure of a cancer on his nose to the applia:c tion of the plant known as "wood sorrel."5* The oldest sand largest tree In the world isa chestnut near the foot of MS. Etas. The)t -circumference of the male trunk is 41 feet.io A waterfall has been discovered Ina the 1e1 t:reek, Colorado, which Is said to exceed NIrsaara In beauty, though not equal to It Lar volume. -The advance in the price of wawill 6q9able the growers In Minnesota and Dswatorealize from $S.)0.U000 to $15,0(4000 meethan i r -ciar.is While tstun _a ropue ire- ,ape at Pittsburg,re Pa., the ro;e ir,,tke and three tbo) fall y0enno ty feet. Two were ls-tlanly killed sad oneSfatally in ,re'l. .-'-A1. The foreign trade of the United State 4*'Sog i October has slightly exceed -d is exportsthose of last year, while imports have faieee. sightly behind.k An eastern snortsman lost his gas outIt odd manner. A woaunded bird,~ iq 1Struclk the weapon as the owneras ltd aim and knocked It into the water.S Employes of the Centratrailroad at Maos.Ga.. are a goal deal disturbed over the ghIstu of an immense Newfoundland dog that reararound la the rear of the Union depot° According to Johann Faber. the famousnanufacturer of Nuremberg, the people Ofthe Clled Statetd use, in round numbersg about I4O,00,O000 lead pencills every yr.A letter was mailed at Flttabar rmeetlya addressed to "The Secretary of the usavySDIepartment," sad t& intelligent tark seatSt to the warden of tW state peitestlmy.t In central Dakota sectloen the wheat Iawell marketed. The threshing was deseunder the most favorable ecndittles of wethLer, placing the crop eqlly i shape to sele.A new doub!e pointed nail a the lavstilsof an ingenious woman. The p talte tars Ise opposite dfreetios, and the ails arer peeially useful for Invisible nailiag l wela work. I I1iThe name of the White Homle is 4tWedSfron the fact of the Virgal8 frdehens od which it is built, belg painted white to eeh ceal the discoloreation caused by smoe sad?* weather.It is estimated that erows have eaet theSfarmers of Matine 100S,000 the out far. TlbSnext leislaturen will he askred to give a bety of tea cents a head forthe destruetin dd these sable f.vorites. - ...h A sparrow with white wlgs leads a Lokd100 of the brown spelee at RoadaSt N. T.It is treated with great defereee by it ImSpanion who, h follow all its movesats atp a respoectful distance.It has bena found that a goom eastadthe weather until the thermometer ge is degrees below user Thea her feathes wn 'td ave her. Wild ducks can go 12 deps lo er ad comae out on topld The Alaska sslmoo pack Is now all e. T.it Alaska Commercial com arsy alne altSl,S0000 salmon, most of them Ib KukSriver, which is only 24mllele. The l uaL.tyof thesh is fie. ...S An Infaelntos farmer Shaoka., has sSsorted to the use of halLf-lis se berds asa substitute fore beggia. A bile oIn the novel coverlng reaceda Columbu G.,5 and attracted much attention.C Far thousand boxes of Calf3del islesa. sent this fall to Looden brolught bette prkeit than the famous layers frem Mlaga, db orders have come to Calliforna foee Amster lea. Vienna and Auetralla.The American trade withl Cubs b e h iportlant and a growing 0o0. Out ofa blt dm seventy-flive vessels arriving at HavaeS l* m,,nth, thirtry-evea of them were AmertaIt L'rlllsh vesels numbered aly Ae. iyeat The Nawab of Rampur reaOtly paid.y Sert-tl.j. Freyer, a surgeon in tlhe hrihare ny. the princely fee of $0,00 for havingb Iropght him safely through a three meakt'SIllnuess from maligant rhesu atlc fever.a A California wilow had plan made or aet $3*, ) morument for her late dpor , butI l en the lawyers got through Ightiug raad ieth a theth- widow was dol Igsmwo sat$I a week for tihe man who degd theswtulnlteot..Amoa's Mrib, a colored man of Oransg 8 .ey J. dreuw StotI U a lottery, and his r arl lS3as to abandon hl old wife aad dve aw w el woman 1:30)) to marry him.l He ad It .gof ne use tIC have money unless be esald gLt. lt- society. , lt Il France, refuse pulp from / mamp beltoe Iris aiimaliy throwan into rgs i dIg btrt tie ground. After a few lays a songidohddas trortin of the water has tren to the a swhence tit may be sklmed and use t.a e se the landl.It Is estimated that eaeIfth 5 the paple.;! Maryland are laterestd-a dlrseayr IawIctly in the canned seeds besLees. Taieof are 4I caunioog houses emplOptlg . "h wandr. ho receive over $OII,086 bewei re engaged aascanmakers,S It is estimated that theo age ehe cil swamp and marsh 1dt th Uaic., Ptates that can be dratbedn b slUgh0 uttivaeton is eqpal athast 5 1r d gISvalted laads,or eerly 3I0eSlg, - a f hlis land could be r almt~d Jgaggililenity or expease, san wosrland of great valuep . ,e